Horseshoe.



kflzeml L. LEHOTZKY. HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1913.

1 82,276, Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

I IEII \M'messes:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LORENTZ LEI-IO'IZKY, OF BRIDGEPORT, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO FRANKKRONJAEGER, 0F WHEELING, 'W'EST VIRGINIA.

I-IORSESHOE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENTZ LnHo'rzKY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Bridgeport, county of Belmont, and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to horseshoes, and specifically to thattype of horseshoe which is attached to a horses hoofs without the use ofnails.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and practicalform of horseshoe adapted for attachment without the employment ofnails, having those portions thereof which are subject to greatest wearreadily detachable and renewable.

A further object is to provide a horseshoe of the character mentioned,the body of which is composed of jointed sections adapted to be adjustedmore or less with respect to each other to fit a horses hoof and which,when so adjusted on the hoof, is rigidly clamped in position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in thefeatures of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations ofelements which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 4:is a bottom plan view of a broken portion of the same; and Fig. 5 is across section on the line -t, Fig. 1.

Referring to said drawings, in which like designating charactersdistinguish like part-s throughout the several views-1 1 are two similarshoe sections each of which is reduced at its front end to form portions2 adapted to assume overlapping relation. Said sections are of such formthat when connected together at their front ends, a shoe of the ordinaryshape is constituted. Said sections are connected at their front ends bymeans of a pivot-pin 3 which may either be directed inward through a toecalk 4 or formed integral with said calk. The manner of directing saidpivot-pin into place will hereinafter be described. Formed integral witheach of said sections 1 and extending substantially from one end of theSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 3, 1913.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 787,851.

section to the other is an upwardly and inwardly directed flange 5adapted to assume binding engagement with a horses hoof resting upon thetop face of the section, whereby, when said sections are adjusted, thesame are firmly clamped upon the hoof.

Attached to the under faces of the two shoe sections 1, as by means ofupwardly directed screw-bolts 6, so as to underlie the toe portions andadjacent portions of the bodies of said sections and so as to maintainthe latter rigidly in adjusted relation to each other, is a member 7 ofsubstantially horseshoe shape which also serves to take most of the wearof road travel. EX- tending transversely across the foremost part of theunder face of said member 7 is a shallow groove 8 adapted for receivingtherein the toe-calk 4L hereinbefore referred to, whereby, when seatedtherein, said calk is effectually maintained against rotary movementwith respect to said member. Formed integral with said toe-calk is thepivotpin 3 which is passed through said member 7 and has its endthreaded through corresponding holes provided in the overlapping ends ofthe shoe sections.

Detachable heel-calks 9 are preferably provided, the same being rigidlyattached to the rear ends of the shoe-sections in any appropriatemanner, as by means of screwbolts 10.

In practice, the member 7 is first shaped to conform to the size andform of the hoof to be fitted. The toe-calk lis then mounted in thereceiving groove 8 with the pivot pin 3 projecting through the holeprovided therefor in said member 7, and the point of said pivot pin isthen directed into the threaded holes provided therefor in theoverlapping ends of the sections 1, the member 7 and said toe-calk beingturned together to effect the seating of said pin and at the same timemaintain the calk in the groove 8. Then, the sections 1 are swung towardor away from each other as required to conform to said member and bringthe bolt holes therein into alinement with those provided in said'member, whereupon the bolts 6 are inserted in place to maintain theparts in fixed relation.

From the foregoing it will be noted that I provide a simple andeflicient shoe which is attached without nails and in which partssubjected to wear may be readily replaced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A horseshoe comprising two shoe-sections pivotally connected at theirfront ends, each section having an upwardly and inwardly directed flangeadapted to assume clamping engagement with the hoof, a curved memberunderlying the front ends of said sections and having a transversegroove in its under face, a toe-call: seated in said groove and carryinga pin which projects through said member and constitutes the pivotalconnection for said sections, and means rigidly securing said member tosaid sections.

2. A horseshoe comprising two comple mental shoe sections havingoverlapping portions at their front ends and having flanges adapted toassume clamping engagement with a hoof, a curved member underlying thefront ends of said sections and having a seat for a toe-call: providedin the under face thereof, a toecalk in said seat, a pin formed integralwith said call: and directed through said member into pivotal connectingengagement with said shoe sections, and means rigidly connecting saidmember to said sections.

3. A horseshoe comprising two complemental shoe sections havingoverlapping portions at their front ends and having flanges adapted toassume clamping engagement with a hoof, a curved member underlying thefront ends of said sections and having a seat for a toe-call: providedin the under face thereof, a toe-call: in said seat, a

tions whereby the latter are maintained in fixed relation.

d. A horseshoe comprising two complemental shoe sect-ions havingoverlapping portions at their front ends and having flanges adapted toassume clamping engagement with a hoof, a curved member underlying thefront ends of said sections and having a seat for a toe-call: providedin the under face thereof, a toe-call: in said seat, a pin directedupward through said member into seating engagement with the uppermost ofthe overlapping portions of said sections and connecting said toe-call:to said sections. said pin also constituting a pivotal connection forsaid sections, bolts detachably connecting said member to both of saidsections, and detachable heel-calks carried by said sections.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LOR-ENTZ LnHoTZKY.

lVitnesses:

H. E. DUNLAP, L. D. llLlORRIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

